Troy Terry scored twice, including on a breakaway 55 seconds into overtime, and added an assist as the Anaheim Ducks rallied for a 5–4 victory against the visiting Seattle Kraken in the NHL season opener for both teams Wednesday night, Oct. 12.
Ryan Strome had a goal and two assists, Trevor Zegras had a goal an assist and Frank Vatrano also scored for the Ducks, who trailed 4–2 with just over 10 minutes remaining in regulation.
Rookie Mason McTavish and veteran John Klingberg had two assists apiece and goaltender John Gibson made 44 saves.
Rookie Matty Beniers had a goal and an assist and Andre Burakovsky, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Jared McCann also scored for the Kraken, who went 3–for–5 on the power play.
Justin Schultz had two assists and Philipp Grubauer stopped 22 of 27 shots.
The winner came after Gibson stopped a Seattle breakaway. The goalie corralled the rebound and sent a lead pass ahead for Terry, who skated in and beat Grubauer with a backhander. Gibson collected an assist on the play.
Beniers gave the Kraken a 4–2 lead at 4:09 of the third as he knocked home a rebound off a shot by Jaden Schwartz.
The Ducks tied it as Vatrano scored on a wrister from the top of the faceoff circle at 9:56 and Zegras hammered home a slap shot from the right faceoff dot with the man advantage at 13:23 to make it 4–4.
Terry gave the Ducks the lead just 51 seconds into the game. Strome forced a turnover behind the net and got the puck to McTavish in the lower-left circle.
McTavish immediately sent a backhanded pass to Terry in the slot and he wristed a shot into the upper right corner of the net.
The Kraken took a 3–1 lead on power-play goals by McCann midway through the first and Burakovsky and Bjorkstrand in the opening 6:28 of the second.
Strome pulled the Ducks within 3–2 with a power-play goal at 18:24 of the second.
